About Georges Gauthier
Lived 1871 – 1940 (aged 68). Georges Gauthier was a Canadian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Georges Gauthier (9 October 1871 – 31 August 1940) was a French Canadian archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.
Biography Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of François-Xavier Gauthier and Marie Généreux, he was ordained a priest in 1894 and ordained a bishop in 1912. On 20 September 1939, he was appointed the third archbishop of Montreal and served until his death in 1940.
In 1917, he was appointed vice-rector of the Université Laval à Montréal and when it became an independent school in 1920 he served as the first rector until 1923.
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Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop (1871–1940)
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Georges Gauthier was born on 9 October 1871 in Montreal.
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Georges Gauthier died on 31 August 1940.
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Georges Gauthier was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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